Anthrax Treatment
>From Facing South:
Cost of a 60-day supply in the U.S. of the anthrax-fighting antibiotic
Cipro, patented by Bayer: $700
Cost of a generic alternative, not available in the U.S. due to Bayer's
patent: $20
Amount of profits made by U.S. pharmaceutical industry last year, in
billions: $27
Amount that U.S. consumers would save if imports of generic alternatives of
all drugs were allowed in the U.S., in billions: $30
Amount that President Bush is willing to reduce costs of Cipro by
over-riding the Bayer monopoly, as the government of Canada did last month:
0
Amount that President Bush received from the pharmaceutical industry for his
presidential campaign: $472,333
Number of former drug company executives in Bush's cabinet: 2
Hakki Alacakaptan